If you’ve followed me for any length of time you know I’ve been obsessed with Japanese brand SUQQU for well over seven years. Before I even had a blog. It’s so nice to see them finally becoming more accessible for the US. I used to have to hunt them down on Japanese custom buyer sites like Ichibankao or take the $40 shipping plunge from Selfridges. I’ve also ordered from Harrod’s a few times as well. Now that they’re on Cult Beauty I can see quite a lot of people becoming more obsessed with them now. They are luxury high quality cosmetics brand. Their powders are superb. I love how Japanese brands do the slurry technique for powders it really makes the powder quality quite nice. Their eyeshadows and blushes are my favorite beyond the real hair makeup brushes which are a classic. Once you try SUQQU you’ll be addicted.
So they launched a new limited edition Powder Blush Compact with four blush shades and two highlighters. The powders are soft, pigmented, never dry or powdery and they blend seamlessly into the skin. You can build up pigment with them or keep it soft. The texture is really quite superb on their powder products. The best part of SUQQU is also that you can pop pans out easily to rearrange or depot and put in larger palettes if you desire. I’m a huge fan of that as I adore my large re-arrangeable palettes. This palette works great with the SUQQU Cheek Brush which allows a soft buildable finish.
The blush shades are a muted plum, russet nude, magenta and coral. They have a hint of sheen but it’s really more for depth and doesn’t translate on the skin as shimmer at all. It just gives the powder a nice depth & luminosity. The blush shades are all pigmented as I said and pack a punch, so start light and build up. The highlighter shades have this really gorgeous sparkling sheen. It’s not full on frosty bling, but it’s not really subtle either. No glitter. I quite like this new highlighter powder, their other ones are normally way more subtle. They are a cool beige and light rose pink shade. I’m partial to the cool beige the most. As with the blushes start with a less dense brush and build up with these due to the highly pigmented nature. They make a great cheek and brow bone highlight.
They just launched a second limited edition version of this and I’m tempted to grab it. Remember Japanese brands label their limited edition product with a 101 and so on so that’s how you know.
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